Former Bolivian President Evo Morales denounced violence in his homeland and declared that he would continue “the fight” for equality in Bolivia
Former Bolivian President Evo Morales arrived Tuesday in Mexico, where authorities have granted him political asylum, as an opposition senator back in Bolivia declared herself interim president.
Añez, who said her priority was to call for new national elections, later hoisted a Bible in the air at the presidential residence in the capital, La Paz, and appeared on a balcony wearing the presidential sash.But the United States, which has long opposed Morales for his socialist policies, appeared to recognize Añez as interim president.
Morales, who is Bolivia’s first indigenous president, has pledged to return to Bolivia and declared that he was the victim of a coup.Morales resigned Sunday after the head of Bolivia’s army requested that he step down following weeks of protests over disputed national elections on Oct. 20. Among those accompanying Morales to Mexico was the former vice president, Alvaro Garcia Linera, a longtime confidant.
The decision to grant asylum to Morales, Ebrard said, was in line with Mexico’s longtime practice of providing refuge to political dissidents — from Republicans fleeing the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s to Chileans escaping the military government of Gen. Augusto Pinochet during the 1970s and 1980s.
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